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to the study of Canada ? Would we not in that way put our- 

 selves in a better position to work intelligently and eflEiciently for 

 the welfare and advancement of the people ? Would we not 

 thereby become more enlightened and useful citizens, better 

 Canadians ? 



The Ottawa Social Science Club, whose representative I 

 have had the honour to be on this ^^ear's lecture course of the 

 lyiterary and Scientific Society, has decided to take up, as a 

 primary feature of its programme of work, the systematic obser- 

 vation and recording of social types and conditions in and about 

 the Capital. 



IvEON GERIN. 



